%0 Book
%T Music in eighteenth-century Austria
%E Wyn Jones, David
%D 1996
%7 1. published
%I Cambridge University Press
%C Cambridge, New York, Melbourne
%@ 0521453496
%G English
%F 1604335912
%O edited by David Wyn Jones
%O Originally presented as papers at an international conference organized by the Centre for Eighteenth-Century Musical Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, and held at Dyffryn House, near Cardiff, in July 1991"--Pref
%X The music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven forms a cornerstone of the modern repertoire, but very little is known about the context in which these composers worked. This volume of twelve essays by leading international scholars covers some of the musical traditions and practices of this little-understood period of music history. Beginning with the early decades of the eighteenth century, the volume documents selected aspects of musical life and style from the late Baroque period to the early years of the nineteenth century. The four main areas covered in this exploration of new territories in music history are orchestral music, sacred music, opera and keyboard music. Georg Reutter (Haydn's teacher), Antonio Salieri (Mozart's colleague) and Joseph Wolfl (a rival of Beethoven) are only three of the prominent musicians of the period who are discussed at length.
%L 780.943609033
%K Music
%K Congresses
%K 18th century
%K Austria
%9 Text
%9 Aufsatzsammlung
%9 Konferenzschrift-1991-Cardiff